diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/GoogleServiceAccountStrategy.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/GoogleServiceAccountStrategy.test.ts
index 57181f61c6..d70cba784d 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/GoogleServiceAccountStrategy.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/GoogleServiceAccountStrategy.test.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ describe('GoogleServiceAccountStrategy', () => {
 
       expect(MockedClusterManagerClient).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         credentials: serviceAccountKey,
-        scopes: ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/container.readonly'],
       });
       expect(mockGetAccessToken).toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(credential).toEqual({
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/GoogleServiceAccountStrategy.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/GoogleServiceAccountStrategy.ts
index a6ffdc00e8..2e2af018bc 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/GoogleServiceAccountStrategy.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/GoogleServiceAccountStrategy.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ export class GoogleServiceAccountStrategy implements AuthenticationStrategy {
 
         client = new container.v1.ClusterManagerClient({
           credentials: credentialsObject,
-          scopes: ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/container.readonly'],
         });
       } catch (error) {
         throw new Error(